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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 12, 2021
Developer walks away from SMH rights deal

Miami developer PMG had contracted to acquire Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s residential development rights in Sarasota, but backed out before closing.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2017
Braves choose Sarasota for spring training

Team could move its spring training to North Port by 2019.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 29, 2025
Lee nonprofit breaks ground on $50M food bank

The project will double capacity at the Harry Chapin Food Bank.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • November 20, 2025
New housing development coming to north Lakeland

Fulton Meadows brings 210 single family homes to Polk County and officially opens Nov. 22.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 31, 2012
Charlotte considers incentives

Charlotte County officials discuss a new enterprise zone for business.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Jennifer M. Fowler, Board Certified Labor & Employment Attorney |
  • June 27, 2023
Understanding Employee Pay During and After a Hurricane

The 2023 hurricane season officially began June 1, 2023, and, if they have not already done so, employers should implement hurricane preparedness plans before a big storm threatens the state.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2010
Patient executive makes his move

Steve Marino, who closed on a $380,000 deal for the land last July, recently announced plans to build a two-building, 20,000-square-foot complex on the site, where he eventually hopes to employ at least 10 people. He hopes a glossy new showroom for appliances will be open by early 2011.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 10, 2020
Maryland firm buys major Lee County site

Knott Realty Group. of Timinium, Md., has purchased a nearly 123 acre tract in Fort Myers for $5.7 million for future development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 26, 2019
Dallas partners buy Fort Myers industrial land

A Dallas-based partnership has acquired a 100-acre tract zoned for industrial development for what will likely be a major new business park in Fort Myers

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 6, 2022
As vertical construction begins, luxury tower tops $80 million in sales

Work at Altura Bayshore in Tampa is significantly underway as crews begin vertical construction.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2025
Sarasota Memorial breaks ground on $507M North Port hospital

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System's new south county hospital will open with 100 beds and can be expanded to 400.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 9, 2026
Tampa picks developer for workforce housing, commercial project

The mixed-use development will be built on four city-owned lots, including the site of the former Army Navy Surplus Market.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 6, 2025
Miami, local investors plan medical project on 14-acre Sarasota brownfield site

Investors who want to transform the 14-acre Marian Anderson site into a medical and industrial development win unanimous Sarasota City Commission approval. They have cleared one big regulatory hurdle.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 28, 2023
2023 in deals: Big apartment sales, big Publix spending, big farms hit market

Despite worries about macro challenges, commercial real estate remained strong across Florida's Gulf Coast in 2023.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2012
The Container Store bags Tampa

Prominent home storage goods chain to open its first Gulf Coast store in 2013.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2017
Economic development group has new board officials

The Southwest Florida Economic Development Alliance represents Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades counties.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2015
Tampa Tank plans 108 new jobs

Steel company will use $2 million in government incentives as part of $18 million expansion

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 2, 2024
Tampa RV company secures $35M in financing for expansion

Seffner-based Lazydays closed on a $35 million mortgage loan facility funded by clients of Coliseum Capital Management.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • June 6, 2022
Transactions: May 31 to June 6

A $143.5 million multifamily sale in Sarasota leads the way in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • April 23, 2010
Government Digest: April 23 - April 29

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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